Episode 194

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "A New ‘Music-Only’ Subscription Tier Is Coming To Spotify, Confirms Daniel Ek… And 4 Other Things We Learned On The Company’s Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "How Vinyl Can Harness the Influence of Superfans" (Billboard - Guest Column by Will Page and Fred Goldring); "Luminate Expands How It Counts Indie Retail Sales for Billboard Charts Via New Partnership" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Kris Ahrend, Chief Executive Officer for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), and Patrick Clifton from the Tunes and Tales blog with Notes From The Fan Economy.

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Episode 193

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "TikTok Is Talking To UMG Again, But Washington May Hold The Keys To Its Future" (Billboard); "Inside Taylor Swift’s Surprise Return to TikTok" (Wall Street Journal); "NMPA accuses Spotify Of 'Attacking Songwriters' As It Changes How It Pays Mechanical Royalties In The US" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop with Mark Mulligan, Managing Director and Analyst at MiDIA on their new research report "Bifurcation Theory: How Today's Music Business Will Become Two".

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Episode 192

On this week's gabtastic episode, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music industry stories: "Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs For Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit" (Ari Herstand for Variety); Spotify Plans To Let Subscribers Speed Up Songs – And Pay Rightsholders When Those Modified Tracks Are Streamed" (Music Business Worldwide); "Everyone Wants To Reach Superfans. It Won’t Be Easy" (Billboard).

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